Spatial pattern analysis in forest dynamics: Deviation from power law and direction of regeneration waves

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-203

  Schlicht, Robert ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Forest gap; Shimagare; Stochastic lattice model

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; POWER LAW; REGENERATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33847402302     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0016-x     Document Type: Review

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